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c. A. KITCHENS ETAL 2,733,721

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND DISPOSING ASH TRAY Feb. 7, 1956 Filed March11, 1953 Char/es A. Kitchens Robert E; Kruse INVENTORS United StatesPatent 2,733,721 CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHING AND DISPUSENG ASH TRAY CharlesA. Kitchens, Anaheim, Calif., and Robert E.

Kruse, Portland, Greg, assignors, by direct and mesne assignments, tosaid Kruse Application March 11, 1953, Serial No. 341,766 2 Claims. (Cl.131-235) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements inash trays for automobiles or other vehicles and more particularly tomeans for extinguishing and disposing of partially consumed cigarettesplaced in the ash tray.

An important object of the invention is to provide an ash tray whereinthe ash tray includes a plunger positioned for feeding the cigarettebutts into a disposing tube wherein the cigarettes are accumulated inend-to-end relation and extinguished therein until the tube is filled,and thereafter subsequent cigarette butts forced into the tube willeject extinguished cigarette butts from the delivery end of the tube.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple andpractical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is intended. v 1

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the ash tray orreceiver in open position;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the ash tray in closedposition;

Figure 4 is a top plan view; and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure4.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates the ash tray which is of trough-likeconstruction and includes a V-shaped bottom 6 having a longitudinallyextending channel 7 at its lower'central portion.

The ash tray or receiver 5 is mounted in an opening 8 in theinstrument-panel 9 of an automobile or other motor vehicle and isslidable inwardly and outwardly in the opening on a pair ofchannel-shaped guides 10 in which the channel-shaped side edges 11 ofthe ash trap are slidably supported. The channel guides 10 are solderedor otherwise suitably suported on a pair of longitudinally extendingbars 12 having their rear ends soldered or otherwise suitably secured toa bridging member 13 which is welded or otherwise suitably secured tothe fire wall 14 of the vehicle behind the instrument panel 9.

The front end of the ash tray or receiver 5 is closed by a front wall 15which is curved downwardly to conform to the curvature of the instrumentpanel 9 and which projects below the bottom of the ashtray 5 to form afinger gripping flange 16.

A plunger 17 is welded or otherwise suitably secured in the front end ofchannel 7 at the bottom of the ash tray and a shield 18 is welded orotherwise suitably secured to the upper side edges of the ash tray tooverlie the plunger 17 and the shield includes a downwardly extendingflange 19 within the ash tray and substantially in the vertical plane ofthe rear end of the plunger to prevent cigarettes and ashes from lodgingon top of the plunger.

The rear wall 20 of the ash tray or receiver 5 is formed with an opening21 in alignment with the rear end of channel 7 to receive a stationarytube 22 which has its front end projecting into the channel 7 forsliding the ash tray relative thereto. The rear end of tube 22 issuitably secured in the fire wall 14 of the vehicle and extends from therear end of the ash tray to the exterior of the vehicle.

By pulling the ash tray or receiver 5 outwardly into its open position,as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing, the cigarette butts depositedinto the ash tray will settle in the channel 7 forwardly of the frontend of stationary tube 22 and rearwardly of the plunger 17 wherebyclosing movement of the ash tray will cause the plunger 17 to force thecigarette butt into the front end of tube 22 and by so doing, thecigarette will be extinguished. As the tube 22 becomes filled with thecigarette butts, the succeeding cigarettes forced into the tube willeject the cigarette from the delivery end of the tube into a suitablereceptacle or onto the ground outside the automobile.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, andaccordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resortedto, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

,What is claimed as new is as follows:

l. A cigarette and ash receiving tray for a motor vehicle comprising anelongated substantially horizontal tube interposed between an instrumentpanel and a fire wall of the vehicle said ash tray being adapted toreceive ashes and partially consumed cigarettes, said tube having acigarette and ash receiving end and a discharging end, a tray slidablymounted relative to the tube and having a front wall, the tray beingcontoured to provide a sleeve telescopingly mounted on the cigarette andash receiving end of the tube, a plunger carried by the front wall ofthe tray having an end adapted to project into the tube in telescopingrelation to project ashes and partially consumed cigarettes into thetube, a shield having a horizontal wall carried by the front wall of thetray and having a downturned flange approximately aligned with theprojecting end of the plunger to protect the plunger and maintain itseifectiveness by preventing it from becoming covered by debris.

2. An ash tray for a motor vehicle comprising a receptacle slidablymounted in an instrument panel of the vehicle, a tube telescopinglymounted within the receptacle, said receptacle having a plunger havingafree end and a plunger carrying front face so proportioned that theplunger projects into the tube to propel partially consumed cigarettesand other debris into the tube, a shield carried by the receptacle andhaving a downturned flange approximately aligned with the free end ofthe plunger to protect the plunger and maintain its effectiveness bypreventing it from becoming covered by debris.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS DeBoerMay 16, 1939

